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Atlas Space Operations

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Atlas Space Operations is a Ground Station as a Service (GaaS) and Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) provider in the space communications industry. They operate a global federated ground network, enabling data transmission and reception for spacecraft operators. Their Freedom software platform provides a solution to satellite communications and integrates antenna networks into a unified solution for commercial and government clients. Atlas Space Operations' services support missions across the commercial, civil, and defense sectors.

commercialFounded 2015
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
www.atlasspace.com/
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Astroscale is partnering with four satellite ground station providers—Atlas Space Operations, Viasat, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)—to support its ELSA-d mission.

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jun 29, 2021Astroscale breaking new ground for on-orbit servicing demonstration

Atlas Space Operations is providing ground-station services from two sites in the United States for ELSA-d.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jun 29, 2021Astroscale breaking new ground for on-orbit servicing demonstration

Sean McDaniel spun off Atlas Space Operations from Assured Space in 2015.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 22, 2021Xenesis Acquires Minority Interest In Assured Space Access Technologies

ATLAS Space Operations operates secure space communications supported by its cloud-based Freedom™ platform.

CapabilityValue 3.2May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations partnered with Quintillion to install a 3.5-meter S/X-Band antenna in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations’ Freedom™ Platform provides schedule-to-schedule availability and serves as a single access point to multiple ground networks.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations partnered with Quintillion to install a 3.7-meter S/X-Band antenna in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations will support Astroscale, LinaSpace, and Axelspace in their space-based missions using the Freedom Platform.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 25, 2021ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome and ATLAS Space Operations grew to support three new missions with the firm’s Freedom™ Platform.

GrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 25, 2021ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch

Atlas Space Operations completed a multi-band multi-mission phased array antenna prototype under the Defense Innovation Unit 2019 contract.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 12, 2021L3Harris develops electronic antenna for command and control of military satellites

Atlas Space Operations conducted a third phased array demonstration in September and operates a network of ground stations accessible through a cloud-based platform.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 29, 2020Space Force weighing options to modernize ground antennas for military satellites

Atlas Space Operations is building a network of 31 ground stations around the world.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Nov 13, 2019Isotropic, Avanti test antenna • Atlas Space to link Aevum launches • Globalstar, Nokia partner on African connectivity

Atlas Space Operations will provide telemetry, tracking, and command data during Aevum launches, the first of which is planned for 2021.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.3Nov 13, 2019Isotropic, Avanti test antenna • Atlas Space to link Aevum launches • Globalstar, Nokia partner on African connectivity

Atlas Space Operations is a Traverse City, Michigan company established in 2015 that offers satellite communications as a service.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Aug 11, 2019Fundamental changes ahead as ground systems prepare for constellations, 5G

Atlas Space Operations will support AWS Ground Station within its Atlas Freedom Network, providing customers access to AWS services through Atlas’ cloud-based ground station network.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 11, 2019Fundamental changes ahead as ground systems prepare for constellations, 5G

Atlas Space Operations operates 10 ground stations and plans to have 31 sites running by the end of 2020.

GrowthCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Aug 11, 2019Fundamental changes ahead as ground systems prepare for constellations, 5G

In spring 2019 SMC selected three companies—Lockheed Martin teamed with Ball Aerospace, L3Harris, and Atlas Space Operations—to design Multi-Band Multi-Mission prototypes by spring 2020.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 5, 2019Air Force space modernization starts from the ground up

PlanetiQ will use ground stations from KSAT and Atlas Space Operations to communicate with its satellites.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Jul 11, 2019Fresh $18.7 million funding round puts PlanetiQ weather constellation back on track

Atlas Space Operations deployed an electronically steered antenna in Albuquerque, New Mexico in August 2018.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0May 8, 2019Lockheed Martin mulls electronically steered antennas for Verge ground station expansion

Atlas Space Operations received an Air Force contract to prototype another electronically steered antenna for military missions in 2019.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 8, 2019Lockheed Martin mulls electronically steered antennas for Verge ground station expansion
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